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Media Bias

I saw where FOX didn't cover Obamas Health Care Town Hall.
The anchor did announce that if and when the meeting got contentious, that FOX would then immediately cut away to it for live coverage of that part of the meeting.

I saw where FOX didn't cover Obamas Health Care Town Hall.
The anchor did announce that if and when the meeting got contentious, that FOX would then immediately cut away to it for live coverage of that part of the meeting.

Is that their version of "Fair and Balanced"?

The NH thing was a set up, everybody knows that (except maybe you).
That was not NEWS, that was an infomercial.

Was that conference your idea of fair and balanced??
Not 1 dissenting voice to be heard.

Yup, you sure wouldn't want to hear what the president has to say unless someone is yelling and screaming at him.

I recall people getting dragged out of Bush rallies because they had shirts on with print on them that wasn't approved right wing wear and people being put into protest zones that were nowhere near the rallies or the route in and out that Bush's motorcade was taking.

"For everyone to whom much is given, of him shall much be required." -- Luke 12:48

Yup, you sure wouldn't want to hear what the president has to say unless someone is yelling and screaming at him.

I recall people getting dragged out of Bush rallies because they had shirts on with print on them that wasn't approved right wing wear and people being put into protest zones that were nowhere near the rallies or the route in and out that Bush's motorcade was taking.

My bad, I thought you were talking about "the Obama's" infomercial, now I see it's about Bush bashing.

The NH thing was a set up, everybody knows that (except maybe you).
That was not NEWS, that was an infomercial.

Was that conference your idea of fair and balanced??
Not 1 dissenting voice to be heard.

Get real!

I see your point Stan.
Seeing what the POTUS has to say regarding HC is not nearly as newsworthy as some of the stories they chose to cover. Such as whether or not some cop is pissed that his fellow officers are looking at his wife's Playboy pictorial, or the story about a bear swimming in a Calif swimmimg pool. Or whether or not Miley Cyrus was pole dancing, or whether or not some Oregon guy has A PANTY FETISH.

Why educate when you can titillate?

My answer to your question about whether that conference was fair and balanced is an obvious NO!! FOX didn't cover it so obviously it wasn't, as they are TRULY fair and balanced. After all they tell us that all the time
THEY REPORT WE DECIDE!!!

My question to you is why did FOX announce that they wouldn't cover the meeting. But they did announce ahead of time that if the event got contentious then they would cut away from their regularly scheduled "Fair & Balanced" coverage to only cover that part of the event.

Is that your version of a fair and balanced attitude towards "NEWS" coverage?

Yup, you sure wouldn't want to hear what the president has to say unless someone is yelling and screaming at him.

I recall people getting dragged out of Bush rallies because they had shirts on with print on them that wasn't approved right wing wear and people being put into protest zones that were nowhere near the rallies or the route in and out that Bush's motorcade was taking.

That's it...justify the current with the past....that will get us somewhere in a hurry........someplace called "hell in a handbasket".........